174 Lxx. EUBTACE^ (hiern). [Pavettci, 



shining, nearly glabrous, ^^ in. diameter. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 352, 

 ' non Oliv. sub Ixord. P. congestay Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. Ixii. (name 

 only). 



Nile Xiand. Abyssinia, Euppell, Qu^artin-Dillon and Petit ! Salt ! Sckimper .' 



Both ! 



A. Richard. FL Abyss, i. 352, gives under this species two varieties, a. cinerascens 

 with leaves and coroUa-tnbe cinereo-hirsute, and )8. glabra with braucblets leaves and 

 corollas glabrous ; but none of the specimens seen by me agree with either. Oliver's 

 plant, collected by Grant, is now referred to a different species. 



14. P. Oliverianaj Hiern. A shrub with pale tomentellous sub- 

 terete erect-patent branchlets. Leaves oval, subacuminate, obtuse at 

 the base, softly hairy, with short hairs on the upper surface, velvety 

 beneath with short pale hairs, somewhat leathery to the touch (Grant), 

 li._4 by f-2|- in. ; lateral veins about 8-11 pairs ; petiole ^-^ in. ; 

 stipules ovate, acuminate, |-^ in. long, caducous. Flowers white, 

 tetramerous, 1-1^ in. long, on short hairy pedicels, numerous, in dense 

 sessile terminal hemispherical corymbs of about 5 in. diameter. Calyx 

 hairy, ^--J in. long ; limb erect, deeply lobed, lobes subulate, rather 

 unequal, ^-^ in. long. Corolla pubescent outside ; tube pubescent 

 inside ; lobes oval, mucronulate, J- in. long. Anthers ^ in. long, ex- 

 serted ; filaments short. Disk glabrous. Ovary turbinate-campanulate, 

 small ; style exserted by f-| in., glabrous below, puberulous above, 

 undivided ; ovule immersed in the pale fleshy placenta. — Pavetta, sp., 

 T. Thorns, in Speke, Journ., App. p. 636. Ixora abyssinica, var., Oliv. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 87, non Fresen. sub Pavettci. 



If ile Xiand. Karague, by water, Speke and Grant ! 



15. P. mollis, Afzel. in herb., non Br. A pale smooth plant. 

 Branches erect-patent, whitish, terete, glabrescent, puberulous at the 

 extremities. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends or at least 

 towards the base, softly tomentellous at least on the midrib and 8 

 pairs of lateral slender veins, 1^-4 by ^-IJ in. ; petiole J-f in. ; stipules 

 apiculate from a broad ovate or truncate base, ^-^ in. long. Flowers 

 tetramerous, on softly pubescent pedicels of J-| in., many, in corymbs 

 of 1-2 in. diameter, at the ends of naked shoots of the previous season. 

 Calyx about ^ in. long, pubescent, turbinate ; limb 4.partite ; segments 

 subulate. Corolla (in bud) pubescent outside ; lobes acuminate. 

 Ovules solitary, immersed in the fleshy placentas. 



irpper Guinea. Hb. Afzelius ! Cape Coast, Brass ! 



P. subglabra, Schum. Beskr. Guin. PL p. 78, is unknown to me ; but it may prove 

 to be "identical with this species ; it came from Guinea, but no special locality is given, 

 and the following characters may be added : leaves subciliate, not attenuate at the 

 l)ase, 2 in. long, corymb fastigiate, corolla-tube ^ in. long, style 1| in. 



16. P. doUcbosepala, Hiern. A shrub, 6 feet high. Branchlets 

 terete, pale, smooth, glabrate, green and puberulous ^t the extremities. 

 Leaves opposite, elliptical or somewhat obovate, subacuminate, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, membranous, glabrate above, puberulous and rather 

 paler beneath, 4-7 by ^-^ in. ; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs, slender ; 

 petiole ^-^ in., puberulous ; stipules ovate, apiculate or obtuse, 

 connate at the base, ^-^ in. long. Flowers tetramerous, 1 in. long 



